Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... talk so well on a subject in which all men , high and low , rich and poor , are equally concerned . " Indeed I am afraid I make too bold , sir , for it bet- ter becomes me to listen to such a gentleman as you seem to be , than to talk ...
... talk so well on a subject in which all men , high and low , rich and poor , are equally concerned . " Indeed I am afraid I make too bold , sir , for it bet- ter becomes me to listen to such a gentleman as you seem to be , than to talk ...
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... talk familiarly to him on religious subjects . It seems to be a practical com- ment on that text which says , the ... talking to me a plain farmer 2 * THE SHEPHERD OF SALISBURY PLAIN . 17 • ...
... talk familiarly to him on religious subjects . It seems to be a practical com- ment on that text which says , the ... talking to me a plain farmer 2 * THE SHEPHERD OF SALISBURY PLAIN . 17 • ...
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Illustrating Human Life Hannah More. " While he was talking to me a plain farmer - look- ing gentleman in boots , who stood by , listened to all I said , but seemed to take no notice . It was Mr. Jen- kins ' wife's father , who was come ...
Illustrating Human Life Hannah More. " While he was talking to me a plain farmer - look- ing gentleman in boots , who stood by , listened to all I said , but seemed to take no notice . It was Mr. Jen- kins ' wife's father , who was come ...
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... talking on at this rate . " " Not at all , not at all , " said Mr. Johnson ; " I am much pleased with your story , you shall certainly see me in a few days . Good night . " So saying , he slipped a crown into his hand and rode off . 66 ...
... talking on at this rate . " " Not at all , not at all , " said Mr. Johnson ; " I am much pleased with your story , you shall certainly see me in a few days . Good night . " So saying , he slipped a crown into his hand and rode off . 66 ...
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... talk , he thought it would be neither unpleasant nor unprofitable to observe how a man who carried such an appearance of piety spent his Sunday : for though he was so low in the world , this gentleman was not above entering very closely ...
... talk , he thought it would be neither unpleasant nor unprofitable to observe how a man who carried such an appearance of piety spent his Sunday : for though he was so low in the world , this gentleman was not above entering very closely ...
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Page 19 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 27 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 136 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 12 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 17 - It seems to be a practical comment on that text which says, the rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 117 - Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.
Page 136 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 151 - Giles and his boys stole regularly into her orchard, followed by their jack-asses. She was so deaf that she could not hear...